ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3
ASUS
13 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
Sapphire
77 Overall Score
Scores
Budget
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 4k
Content Creation
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce 8600GTS | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce 8600GTS | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | — | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | — | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 80★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 91.95999908447266★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 45.97999954223633★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | No data | |
| GPU Compute | No data | |
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | — | 268★ |
| Recommended PSU | — | 700★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Passive | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 0 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express X16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 0 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 0 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 320★ |
| Slot Width | — | 2.5★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 1.50 kg★ | 1.63 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3
- Strong affordability (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Below average ai (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average rt (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average vram (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average efficiency (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
- Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong ai (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE
Scores 77 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 36 specs.